One of the largest single-family home landlords in the U.S. says it will stop buying properties in Fresno and almost 40 other cities, becoming the latest institutional investor to back away from an overheated housing market. The announcement by Home Partners of America comes just as more Wall Street...
White House Shines Light on Republicans Criticizing Student Debt Cancellation After Getting Their PPP Loans Forgiven
The White House hit back at Republicans in an uncharacteristic manner Thursday by using its Twitter account to go after GOP lawmakers who are bashing President Joe Biden's move to cancel some student debt after they personally benefited from having Paycheck Protection Program loans forgiven during the COVID pandemic. In a series of...
Young Adults Are Using Marijuana and Hallucinogens at the Highest Rates on Record
Young adults are using more weed and hallucinogens than ever. The amount of people from ages 19 to 30 who reported using one or the other are at the highest rates since 1988, when the National Institutes of Health first began the survey. The percentages of young people who said...
Growing ‘Healthy on the Go’ Grill Looks to Expand into Fresno Area
A rapidly-growing casual restaurant chain promising "better-for-you-food with bold, amazing flavors at grab-and-go speed" has revealed plans to open 20 new locations in the Central Valley. WaBa Grill features individual rice bowls topped with proteins like charbroiled chicken, steak, or fish, along with vegetables and signature sauces. The Los...
Fresno State Study Finds Kids Pay the Price When Parents are Behind Bars
Fresno State News In 2019, Dr. Marcus Shaw published a quantitative research study that showed, on average, children of incarcerated parents receive lower grades, are less happy in school and, overall, have less educational success. While these statistics showed the result of what was happening, they did not show...
Nearly 34,000 Chickens Destroyed in Fresno County After Bird Flu Outbreak
California's first outbreak of the deadly avian flu in a commercial poultry operation has been reported in Fresno County. According to state and federal agriculture sources, inspectors detected the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in a flock of commercial broiler breeder chickens within the county. Avian influenza is a...
Another Tahoe Joe’s Restaurant Shuttered. Which Ones Remain Open?
The once-thriving Tahoe Joe's Steakhouse chain, launched in Fresno in the mid-1990s, has suffered its latest casualty. Parent company BBQ Holdings has confirmed that the restaurant's location in Roseville has permanently closed. It was the last remaining Tahoe Joe's in the greater Sacramento area. "We did have to make...
Fresno Couple’s Clever U-Haul Date Night an Example of Growing Trend
A growing number of thrifty millennial and Gen Z sweethearts are ditching established, more expensive date night and anniversary rituals for a night of romance in the back of U-Hauls. Some couples are eagerly showing off their creative, low-cost reimaginings of the rental vehicles on social media, and the internet...
Famed Poet Laureate’s Classic Fig Garden Home is up for Sale. Check the Price
Nestled among orange trees in one of Fresno’s most long-established residential neighborhoods is 4549 North Van Ness Blvd. Since the early 1970s, it’s been the home of former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Philip Levine and his family. Now, this piece of literary history is for sale,...
Inside the Secret World of Trading Nudes
Women are facing threats and blackmail from a mob of anonymous strangers after their personal details, intimate photos and videos were shared on the social media platform Reddit. A marketplace exists on the site where hundreds of anonymous profiles are dedicated to sharing, trading and selling explicit images -...